dǔ
deep
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 篤
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
true | ||
certain | ||
to believe firmly | ||
to behave sincerely | ||
steadfast |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤuk | towk | dǔ | firm, solid |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3207th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7BE4 |
Shuowen | “篤,馬行頓遟。从馬,竹聲。” |
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